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1/350 &1/600 Revell & Polar Lights NCC-1701 (Constitution class)

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  • From: Holt, MI
1/350 &1/600 Revell & Polar Lights NCC-1701 (Constitution class)
Posted by Gunner59 on Friday, August 10, 2012 11:44 AM

I just read the review on the new Revell 1/600 (?) scale USS Enterprise.  What an excellent build and model.  BTW, you can get them via Amazon.com.

 

Second, check this (old) news out.  Polar Lights will be making a 1/350 Enterprise.  Is this true?  If so then why spend almost $70 on the Revell of Germany's Enterprise?

 

 

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  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Friday, August 10, 2012 2:19 PM

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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  • From: NW Washington
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:21 PM

Oh, man, I wish I had the money and the room for that. I still have an original boxing 1/350 Enterprise refit to build.

    "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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  • From: Kincheloe Michigan
Posted by Mikeym_us on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:51 PM

dirkpitt77

Oh, man, I wish I had the money and the room for that. I still have an original boxing 1/350 Enterprise refit to build.

Ditto I still have the Refit Enterprise and the NX-01 Enterprise to build too.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:16 PM

Have built the NX-01 and it's a nice model.  Still have the 1/350 NCC-1701A unopened in the stash and will probably never build it.  Too big, and a PITA to finish.  Don't know why I ever bought the thing, except it was on sale for a good price.

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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  • From: England
Posted by P mitch on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:47 PM

I have the Revell kit and to be honest its looks like an easy build and its been made to take a lighting kit. I got a lighting kit from a German firm from E-bay for about $50. No drilling or making windows just install it to get a fully lighted Enterprise in a reasonable size

Phil

"If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me: it's all balls." R J Mitchell


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Posted by Paulbo on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 8:11 PM

If you want a ship that actually looks like the classic Enterprise, then you want the upcoming Polar Lights kit, not the old AMT or the new Revell AG kits. It's large, but it's about as perfect a representation as you can get.

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  • From: NW Washington
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Friday, October 5, 2012 8:33 PM

Oh, I don't know. $20 and a little elbow grease will get ya there with the AMT kit. Wish I could post pics of mine but my host site is acting up.

    "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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  • From: Huntington, WV
Posted by Kugai on Saturday, October 6, 2012 2:43 PM

Definitely getting one of the PL kits whenever they finally release it, but I'll wait until I have some experience with lighting models so that I can make the most of it.

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Monday, October 8, 2012 9:34 PM

Lighting up a 1/350 is a really major project, something for experienced modelers and those with electronic experience only.  I ordered a lighting kit for my 1/350 NX-01, for almost $200, and after seeing it was nothing but a collection of resistors, leds, and other components, (worth maybe $50 max at Radio Shack), and no pcbs, with really poor instructions of a complicated installation, returned it for a refund.  The model looks fine without the lights, and really, how many times would you turn it on and stare at the lights, anyhow?

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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  • From: Huntington, WV
Posted by Kugai on Monday, October 8, 2012 11:14 PM

Cadet Chuck

I ordered a lighting kit for my 1/350 NX-01, for almost $200, and after seeing it was nothing but a collection of resistors, leds, and other components, (worth maybe $50 max at Radio Shack), and no pcbs, with really poor instructions of a complicated installation, returned it for a refund.

That's another reason that I'm waiting a while before attempting the lit version, and building one from-the-box in the meantime.  I'll be familiarized with the kit's interior and be able to plan my own setup, including the parts needed.  From there it'll be a matter of learning about electronics or finding someone  else who knows how to put my ideas into a design that won't blow up.  I know enough about assembling electronics to take it from there.

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